Eight corporators from the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation, currently affiliated with the YSR Congress Party, met with BJP MLA Sujana Chaudhary at his residence on Wednesday. The corporators are reportedly poised to join various parties within the Andhra Pradesh NDA alliance.
The meeting has ignited a heated debate among YSRCP leaders, with former minister Vellampalli Srinivas and former MLA Malladi Vishnu actively attempting to placate the corporators. Despite these efforts, it appears that the corporators have already reached out to the leadership of both the BJP and the TDP, and an official invitation to join the coalition government is expected within a day or two.
The corporators who met with Sujana Chaudhary include Appaji, Athuluri Adilakshmi, Muripilla Rajesh, Gudivada Narendra, Harshat, Mylavarapu Ratnakumari, Mylavarapu Maduri, and Samman Shetty Bahudur.